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Three Races in Three Weeks

This weekend I had just completed my third race in three weeks and it put a nice exclamation point to the end of this little training block. The race was a great 50k trail run down in Waco Texas. I will provide a full race report tomorrow evening but I will say it was a [...]

Somewhat of a Recovery Week Plus Another and Another Race

After the Cross Timbers trail marathon last weekend, the quads and calves were fairly sore from all of the going up, down, and around. I did no speed or hill work during the weekday and kept the training very simple. No weights either.
I kept Monday as an “off” day and moved my stationary bike [...]

Better Late Than Never

Before this week quickly slips away, I better give an update on last week.
Last week was another solid block of training and I was feeling a bit fatigued early on. I think I was feeling some of affects of my first bit of higher mileage the week before. My energy levels were lower and I [...]

Increasing the Mileage

Last week was a solid week of training as I ramped up the mileage. I increased two of my weekday runs as well as both days on the weekend. I tried to keep intensity down as I was mainly trying to get the body used to a fair amount of weekly miles. Today, my quads [...]

An Interesting Week - No More Chocolate Please

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” - Forrest Gump
This quote kind of sums up the week. It started off pretty quiet and routine and ended with my son and wife taking turns vomiting. G started feeling ill (stomach virus) on Friday afternoon and my wife started [...]

It Was a Fun Week

Training this week was a blast! The body is 100% adjusted to training again so I think most of the rust has finally been burnt off. Woohoo!
Work was also exceptionally busy this week which reduced my normal sleep hours and increased my stress levels. I will need to pay extra attention to nutrition and stress [...]

Week Two - Done!

It feels great to have finished my second week of consistent training. I am starting to find a bit of a rhythm when running and no longer have that “what are you doing” feeling.
My wife and I have also completed a full week of CrossFit. I think it will really add some nice variety to [...]

First complete week of Training

First complete week of training for 2008 is complete! After dealing with a couple injuries the last two months (knee and piriformis muscle) that led to minimal training and only going for a couple walks during the week around Christmas, the body was quite sluggish.
I could feel the inefficiencies of my [...]